Deck 3: Separation and Lethal Intimate Partner Violence

Question 1

An isolated proposition summarizing observed uniformities of relationships between two or more variables is called:

A)a theory
B)an hypothesis
C)familicide
D)an empirical generalization

Answer 1

an empirical generalization

Question 2

The ratio of homicides to homicide-suicides is:

A)18:1
B)3:1
C)5:1
D)15:1

Answer 2

18:1

Question 3

The ratio of intimate partner femicides to intimate partner homicides is:

A)1:1
B)3:1
C)5:1
D)8:1

Answer 3

5:1

Question 4

Male partners are at greater risk of being killed by their current female partners, whereas female partners face a greater
Risk of being killed by:

A)ex-partners
B)boyfriends
C)married partners
D)common-law partners

Question 5

95% of the perpetrators of femicide-suicide are:

A)ex-partners
B)stepfathers
C)male
D)Female

Question 6

Women in the United States are more at risk of being killed by a male partner than by all categories of persons
Outside the partnership.

A)true
B)false
C)true only for African Americans
D)true only for whites

Question 7

According to official statistics such as the U.S. Census, the frequency of intimate partner separations is:

A)seriously overestimated
B)accurately measured
C)classified as divorce
D)seriously underestimated

Question 8

Among legally registered married couples, separation increases the risk of spousal homicides, with the risk being greater for:

A)wives than for husbands
B)husbands than for wives
C)stepchildren than for own children
D)younger husbands than for older husbands

Question 9

Findings from the Canadian Homicide Survey indicate that separation entails a 9-fold increase in the risk of femicide for
Married women who separate, while married men who separate face:

A)the same rate of increase
B)a 2-fold increase
C)a 5-fold increase
D)no increase

Question 10

The ratio of intimate partner femicide to intimate partner homicide is:

A)5:1
B)4:1
C)3:2
D)2:1

Question 11

The ratio of femicide-suicides to homicide-suicides is:

A)5:1
B)7:1
C)13:1
D)16:1

Question 12

Compared with co-residence, separate residence entails one of the following increases in femicides. Which one?

A)no increase
B)6-fold
C)2-fold
D)4-fold

Question 13

Compared with co-residence, separate residence entails one of the following increases in femicide-suicide. Which one?

A)2-fold
B)5-fold
C)7-fold
D)4-fold

Question 14

On the average, 47% of femicides occur within three months of separating. The comparable figure for femicide-suicide is:

A)74%
B)62%
C)50%
D)80%

Question 15

On the average, the percent of femicides that occur between two and six months of separating is:

A)47
B)62
C)50
D)74